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20 answers for: A substance added to another to improve it or prev...
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ADDITIVEA substance added to another to improve it or prevent detrioration (8)
BUILDERGeneral word for a construction worker, shipwright or stonemason; or, a substance added to detergent or soap to increase its effectiveness (7)
EMULSIFIERA substance added to processed foods to prevent the separation of their oil and water components (10)
SOFTENERSubstance added to washing to increase fluffiness of clothes (8)
FLUORIDESubstance added to toothpaste to combat tooth decay
ODORANTSSubstances added to gases for safety purposes
ANTIDOTEA drug that counteracts or prevents the effects of a poison (8)
ADDITIVESSubstances added to foods to improve them or prevent deterioration (9)
OBSTACLEIt hinders or prevents advance (8)
PRESERVATIVESubstance added to food to prevent it perishing (12)
LEAVENSubstance added to dough to make it rise
FERTILISERSubstance added to soil to make it more productive (10)
THWARTWord meaning to foil, frustrate, oppose or prevent; to place crosswise; to cross the path of; or, as a noun, a rower's bench placed across a boat (6)
REFINEDoes it need an Asiatic sporting official to improve it? (6)
EMENDEDThe deed employed by men in order to have changed the text to improve it (7)
PLASTICISERSubstance added to synthetic resin to increase pliability
ANTIFREEZESubstance added to a car's radiator (10)
STETIs, at best, deficient in odd places? Don't try to improve it
TENDERISERSubstance added to meat reinserted when cooked (10)
ZEROA mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number (4)